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FNSSI to Acquire Cutting-Edge DNA Sequencer

Wednesday, August 12, 2015, By News Staff

Researchers in the Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) are using a major grant award to acquire a powerful, new instrument for forensic genomic analysis. The recipients are Michael Marciano, a FNSSI senior scientist; Kevin Sweder, a FNSSI professor…

Health & Society

Psychologist Stephen Maisto Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant Award

Thursday, July 30, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

A psychologist’s research in the College of Arts and Sciences is receiving backing from one of the world’s most foremost biomedical research centers. Stephen Maisto, professor of psychology, is the recipient of a five-year, $2.1 million National Institutes of Health…

STEM

Fridley Co-Authors International Biodiversity Research Paper

Monday, July 20, 2015, By Amy Manley

Humans depend upon high levels of ecosystem biodiversity. But due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is greater now than at any other time in human history. Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology in the College…

STEM

Physicists Awarded $3 Million Grant to Build Particle Detector

Wednesday, July 15, 2015, By Rob Enslin

They will use the three-year award to build an inner tracking device, known as the Upstream Tracker, which will increase the amount of data that LHCb can handle by factors of five to 10.

STEM

Physicists Confirm Existence of Rare Pentaquarks

Tuesday, July 14, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed the existence of two rare pentaquark states. Their discovery is said to have major implications for the study of the structure of matter.

Arts & Culture

Amy Massoud G’15 Reaps Praise after Paper Is Accepted by Premier Philosophy Journal

Monday, June 29, 2015, By Amy Manley

A newly minted graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences is receiving some well-deserved praise upon her latest scholarly accomplishment. Amy Massoud G‘15, who just recently earned a Ph.D. in philosophy, has received notification that her most recent paper…

Arts & Culture

Vivian May Appointed Director of Humanities Center

Wednesday, June 17, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences has a new director. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), will take the helm of the Humanities Center on July 1. She succeeds interim…

STEM

Physicist Awarded Grant to Study Physical Cell Biology

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to study how the shape and motion of individual cells mold biological tissues into three-dimensional shapes. M. Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is part…

Arts & Culture

Student Wins Honors Capstone Awards for Original Novel

Tuesday, June 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has received two major capstone project awards from the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Anastasia Selby ’15 is the winner of both the David Orlin Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project and…

Campus & Community

Breanna Caires ’15 Recognized for Scholarly Excellence

Monday, June 15, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

A graduate of the  Newhouse School of Public Communications is the recipient of two awards for papers she wrote while pursuing a minor in the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH), based in the College of Arts and Sciences….